Pak should provide bases to US for counterterror in Afghanistan: Biden

US can stop being a victim of terrorism emanating from Afghanistan if it insists that Pakistan provide it with bases to conduct operations against terrorists in war-torn country, Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden has said. Biden went on offensive on Thursday in third Democratic debate of 2020 White House race.

76-year-old former vice president pushed hard against rival liberals Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren in an almost three-hour showdown in Houston, Texas. He was sharper and more aggressive than in eir of first two debates and clashed with rivals on issue of health care in America.

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"Here's point, point is that it's a counter-terrorism strategy. We can prevent United States from being victim of terror coming out of Afghanistan by providing air bases and insisting Pakistani provide bases for us to airlift from and move against what we kw," he was quoted as saying by New York Post.

US, which has been fighting a longstanding war in Afghanistan, has about 14,000 troops in country. US President Donald Trump's US negotiator Zalmay Khalilz h anunced a peace deal "in principle" with Taliban. He said as part of proposed deal, US would withdraw 5,400 troops from Afghanistan within 20 weeks.

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However, Khalilz said final approval still rested with Trump. Trump recently cancelled a "secret" summit with Taliban leers and his Afghan counterpart after insurgent group claimed responsibility for a dely attack in Kabul that killed an American soldier and 11 ors, dealing a body blow to protracted negotiations that were nearing a peace deal to end America's longest war.

Trump was to meet Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and senior Taliban leers on Sunday last week at his Camp David retreat. His move came after nine rounds of talks between US and Taliban representatives, held in Doha, capital of Gulf state of Qatar.

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